Apparel garment



Nov. s, 1932. R Q QUNE 1,887,431

APPAREL GARMENT Filed July 12, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 n Izwjz y @J7 @la7 l Patented Nov. s, 1932 :aosn B QUINE, or nnwronmnssaomisnm'rs fv APPAREL' oAnniENr Application ined my 12,1932. serial No. 622,133. Y

l V'Ifhisinvention relates to agarment ofthe corset type and including a body-,embracing band composed of sections connected'at the front of the garment by positive'or l10n-ade justable fasteners, and adjustably connectedV at the back by means including eyelets and alacing., j

The invention relates particularly to a garment thus characterized which includes means l0 caused by thecontraction of theband to exert supportinglpressure on `the sacro-iliac region jof theV wearersbody, different horizontal zones of the band being iseparately contractible to exert suitable pressureon'otlier portions of the body.

Y The objects of the inventionzareto provide f improved means for contracting the-band as required to render the garment variously adjustable; g, i l I0v Of the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification,- Figurel is a front view, and Figure 2 va rear view showing a garment embodying the invention adjusted on the wearers body.

of the opened garment.

Figures 4 and 5 show diagrammatically the two confiners hereinafter described.

Figure 6 is a view showing the inner side of the opened garment. v

is a section. on line 7 7 of Fig' Figure 7 ure 1.

Figure 8 is a` partial section on lineV 8'-8 of Figure 1. A Figure 9 is a side view of twosections of the garment, said sectionsv having substantially vertical yrear edges pro` vided with eyelets 14 and substantially vertical front edges provided with fasteners extensions 1 7 andlS.

Figure 3 is a view showing the outer ysidethe preferred *linac region i y buckle constituting an element of each con` such AYhooks", 15 and eyesk16, whereby' theyV may beV positively connected. Y. j Iny the embodiment here shown the sections ,include body portions constituting theb'ack and sidesbf the band and extensions17 and'. 18 constituting the ends of-aliorizontal upper zone ofthe band, the rear vertical 1 edges 'of tliejsectior'is being longer `than'the front vertical edges which are formed'y on said veXten-k ,sion's.` The'eyelets 14 in said rear edges conto Astitii'lte continuous rows coeiztensivel with said edges: i n l lThe lower ends of `the'body portions of the sections project belowthe lower ends ofthe j V 19 designates `tabs'Which-mayfbe of any suitable "flexible, and preferably elastic: :fab-i -ric, and have attached /endfportions secured' tothe band sections, as by stitches 20, adjacent the vertical rear edges Vofv the sectims,`

. and free end portions extendingtoward` said rearV edges and provided with-'eyeletsQ'L Said tabs arewithi-n.theband'sections and Y arel .spaced from the upper andlowerY ends l thereof. f yThe tabsV are rfori'ned `and arranged o`bear o nthe sacro-iliac region lof thebodyl jwhen the garment isin use. f 1 vThe-preferredv embodiment of theg'a'r'ment includes upper and lower adjustersfof novelm construction adapted 'to contract fthe, band'l so after th'ef front edges thereof have beeny con nected by the fasteners 15, 16, thelowe'radjuster being adapted also to tension the tabs 19, andfcause pressure thereof"- on the sacro-@ f The upperadjus'ter includes a pair of anchored outer straps 22,"havng outer ends'23 l.located within the bandv`sections,and fixed v thereto asfby stitches 24, and free ends err-lm e tendingfthrough slits-25 in the band sections, 91;V `line 11`l1 of v includes `also a'pairV of free inner straps'26 having buckles 27, preferably of the wellp.

andlupon the outer surfaces ofsaid sections toward the rear-edges thereof. Said adjuster known type shown `by Figures 9, 10. and 11 @Sie fixed to the inner straps 26S-and adapted-to .Y

`engage kthe ancho-red straps 22, and 5a plurality ofV looped flexible tapes each composed Y of. end portions 28 `fixedv to the'inne'r straps?? andrneck portions-29 connecting the end Vpor- 4'100 tions and extending through the upper eyelets 14 in the band sections as shown by Figures 6 and 7 The arrangement is such that when strain is exerted on the anchored straps 22 the upper eyeleted ends of the band sections are drawn toward each other "and conned at f any desired distance apart by the buckles `27.

-The lower adjuster includes duplicates of the above described elements of 'the upper adjuster, the two'adjusters being practically identical with each other, and diering only in that the neck portions 30 of the tapes of the lower adjuster are engaged with the eye-A lets 21 of the tabs 19, as yshown-by Figures .6 and 8, the arrangement being such that when strain is exerted on the anchored straps 22 of the lower adjuster, the tabs are. ten- Y sioned and caused to exert supporting presjuster.

sure onsthe sacroiliacregion, vthe lower adjuster at thesame time exerting contracting Y pressure on the'band sections through said tabs. a

The arrangement is such that an upper Vzone of the band is oontractible by the upper adjuster anda middle Zone by the lower ad- The contraction of the upper zone causes pressure on thediaphragm, and the contraction of the kmiddle Zone causes presof the sections.

character.

sure on the abdomen.

v Thev lower portions of the band sectionsv `'proj ect below the middle Zone and constitute ka lower Zone adapted to be contracted by Y any independent lacing 32 engaged-with eyelets in the lower portions of the rear edges I attach importance to the fact that the attached outer ends of the anchored straps 2,2'are located within the band sections, and emerge` therefrom through slits 25 in said sections.v This arrangement reduces to a minimum the strap material bearing on the yexternal surfaces of theband sections, and

contributes to the external smoothness of the adjusted garment. A `smooth external surface is a desideratum in a garment of this I claim:y Y t 1. An apparel garment comprising a sectional back-laced body-embracing band, Hexible tabs having endportions attached to the band sections adjacent therear edges thereof, and free ends extending toward said rear edges and provided with eyelets, said tabs being within the band on afmiddle zone thereof, and formed and arranged to bear on the sacro-iliac region, a lower adjuster 4sus adapted to tension said tabs and cause pressure thereof -on said region, and to contract the-middle zone of the band, said adjuster including a pair of anchored outer straps having outer ends located within, and fixed Lto,the band sections at themiddle Zone of the band, and free ends extending through slits in said middle zone,and along the outer such that whenJ tensioning strain is exerted on the outer straps the tabs are tensioned and caused to exert pressure on the sacro-iliac region, and contract the middle zone of the band, and an upper adjuster whose elements are duplicates of those o-f the lower adjuster, the anchored outer straps ofthe upper adjuster having outer ends located within, and

fixed to, the band sections at the upper zone` of theI band, and extending through slits in saidupper zone, the neck portions of the tapes of the upper adjuster extending through eyelets in the band sections, so that the upper adjuster is adapted'to contract the upper'zoneof the band, the location of the fixed ends of the'anchored straps of the two adjusters within thexband sections, and the slits in said lsectionsfthrough which said straps extend, contributing to the external smoothness of the adjustedA garment.

claim l, the said lband including a lower zone on which portions of the rear edges of the band sections are formed, and an independent lacing connecting said rear edge portions.

vIn testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. Y

" ROSE B. QUINE.

2. An apparel garment as specified byA 

